$1,999: GMO Reveals Details of Its New 7nm Bitcoin Miner

Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has revealed prices and specs for its new-from-the-ground-up bitcoin miner – the world's first based on a 7nm chip.

At a question and answer session, the organization said Tuesday that its 7nm ASIC (application-particular incorporated circuit) that determination the new B2 digger is planned in Japan, however made in Taiwan.

The entry of a 7nm chip is remarkable since it introduces all the more hashing power for bitcoin diggers, while in the meantime hypothetically decreasing force utilization, a critical factor for excavators in looking for return on their venture.

As indicated by a Bloomberg correspondent who tweeted from the occasion, the B2 will give a hash rate of 24TH/s, with control utilization at 1,950W for each unit – that separates at 81W for every 1 TH/s.

By examination, the present market pioneer – Bitmain's Antminer S9 – offers 14TH/s at a power utilization of around 1,300W.

The B2 may offer market driving force, if GMO's figures end up being precise, yet it will include some significant pitfalls – $1,999 to be correct. That is contrasted and $837 for the Antminer S9.

As though there was any uncertainty that GMO intends to thump Bitmain of its platform, the association's CEO Masatoshi Kumagai purportedly expressed:

I regard Bitmain, yet we will top them

The B2 was uncovered on May 24, with GMP saying pre-requests will begin on June 6 and shipments to follow in October.

The dispatch comes following a months-in length testing period since the firm at first uncovered it was looking into and building up the new mining processor in September 2017.